By Andrew  Dada SOPE  Johnson in his Just A Thought, (see Vanguard, September 8, 2009) underlines one of the major problems the nation must tackle if our leaders seriously intend to develop agriculture in Nigeria. The question of funds is crucial because, as Sope Johnson puts it correctly, modern agriculture is capital intensive. This explains […]

By Gab Ejuwa THERE can be no doubt that the establishment of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Develop-ment Commission (DESOPADEC) was an epochal brainwave of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan’s Government. It was to  see to the social and infastructural development of the oil-producing communities in the state. But in recent times, feelers from this agency […]

VISIONING is a major factor in governance. Purposeful leadership comes with well articulated vision and mission. To bring about positive change – especially that which is sustainable, a leader must set up goals that are smart, measurable, achievable, and tangible with effective time line.

By Ingram Osigwe IN Nigeria, setting up a business concern is like challenging the unknown. No matter how great your preliminary figures showed a prosperous future for the business, you are soon confronted with a bitter truth of how wrong your prediction was. Many businesses have failed as a result of this. Many other intending […]

SINCE the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Professor Dora Akunyili came up with her project to re-brand Nigeria’s image, there has been sporadic responses about whether or not the project would succeed. So far, the scepticisms expressed by some people are far more than optimisms.

By Babs Alasa THE economy of Nigeria, the “Giant of Africa,” is currently in a big slumber; and like all giants that have fallen, it is having difficulties getting up. The economy is in such bad state of health that all major indicators are pointing in the negative direction. Unemployment rate is well over 40 […]

By Erasmus Ikhide WHAT a pity that a behemoth of crisis that the PDP epitomises, especially as it relates to electoral fraud and outright failure to salvage the critical imbalances in the political space that are capable of derailing and truncating the nascent democracy never learnt to operate away from self-induced electoral fraud! Part of […]

THE hue and cry towards the 2011 elections has come to the fore due to our rough election experiences since 1999. One event that has lowered our national prestige in recent times, among the comity of nations is the ridiculous pattern of our elections which has given rise to misfits in power.

DESCRIBING the allegations by Nwagboso’s detractors to the effect that he was being investigated by the Code of Conduct Bureau as unfounded, Chief Ahakunna re-affirmed the position of the Community that they have inquired and conscien-tiously believe and affirm that as at date, the Code of Conduct Bureau has neither invited Nwagboso nor written to the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on any pending investigation as to suffice an indictment.

By Chikezie Odinkemere SEQUEL to the deferment of the Senate confirmation of Barrister Aloysius Nwagboso the Presidential nominee representing Abia State on the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) pending the resumption of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, there have been some misrepresentations and insinuations by disgruntled and self-seeking […]